Sunday Summary Week 39

Happy Monday Bloglanders!!

Yes, I know I'm doing my Sunday Summary on Monday by yes - I'm IMPERFECT!!! No, the reason is that I spent most of last week sewing on Cara's metric dance dress and she only got to wear it today. I did not want to risk anyone seeing the dress before she wore it,

And here is the WIP pics:

How's that for an invisible zip?? It turned out beautifully and it's very, very vintage, Love it.

Right now I'm busy with dress #15 of 2014 and I still have 5 more to go before the end of the year, BUT, first my machines are going for a service, I'm having my eyes tested (10/15 were black dresses), my scissors have to be sharpened and I'm going to get all the different threads out of my carpets,

I did start a new online course with Big Picture Classes -. Art & Design from Wilna Frustenberg, Love  her stuff.

First week and we did grids, And what a huge amount of free cut files and printables you get for free when you enrol. I used one of the free grid cut files, cut it with my Silhouette and used the cut-out as a stencil. Here you go:

I used acrylic paints to do the blocks and then stamped away with the stamps in my stash, The die cuts are from Wilna as well,

And I did a layout as well - some more Wilna cut files:

I even made my own title. Used a Koki to write the words in Afrikaans, scanned, "trace and lift" with Silhouette and there it is.  I think I'll share the cut file with my fellow South Africans later this week as Afrikaans titles are hard to come by. And YES, I did use food colouring to colour the background. Like the tags here.

Back to Braai Day, This is what we had for lunch:

Lamb (from my father's farm), chicken wings (my fave), "boerewors", salad, onion rings and sweetcorn fritters. Perfect for a sunny spring day in sunny SA.

That's it. I'll be back to share some more crafting fun right here. In the meantime, thanks for looking at my blog today and remember to try something new,

Hazel

Midweek Update

Good morning Bloglanders and Happy "Braai" Day to my fellow South Africans

This is what Wynand and I had for breakfast:

"Boerewors" en "Braaibroodjies". I'll share our "Braaibroodjie" recipe later this week. Watch out - it's the best EVER.  Even if you don't live down under in Sunny SA - you should give it a go! (BRAAI = BARBEQUE; BROODJIE = SANDWICH; WORS = SAUSAGE)

With me working on metric dresses 24/7, I just don't get the time to sit down and write a blog post BUT this is about to change - come 1 October and I'll do a better job of prioritizing. It's going to be something like new years resolutions even if it's only October. Maybe it will turn into a mini book??? Watch out and all will be revealed right here. In the meantime, I'm doing a midweek update to keep you in the loop.

Anyway, here are the pics of Mauneen's matric farewell dress - I totally forgot to share this last week. Remember I told you about the invisible zip here. Seeing is believing:

I'm still trying to get up to date with my Project life. Here is my August page about the rehearsal dinner, kitchen tea and bachelors. It went on the back of a layout I did and therefor I didn't have PL page slots but I still tried to keep a "PL feel" to the page:

I added a dimensional flag to my journaling card. A scrap of paper and some craft foam and it's customized:

 And last but not least. An update on the flowers Pieter & Princess gave me:

They are totally awesome!! Maybe it's just because my beautiful son and his even more beautiful wife gave it to me!!

OK, I have to go. As it's a public holiday, Wynand and I have a bit of time to spend together. And of course we will have a "braai" and some good wine for lunch.

Thanks for looking at my blog today. Have a Wacky Wednesday and remember to try something new - TODAY!!